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MM5/Wwf W, DAVID R. UCHILL @ffm/mf United States Patent O 2,757,480 yBEATING HEART TOY .David R. Uchill, Great Neck, N. Y. Application July 9, 195,1, Serial No. 235,719 s Claims. (ci. 46-117) This invention relates in general to certain new and useful improvements in childrens toys and, more particularly, to dolls and similar toy figures having a concealed sound emitting mechanism capable of `simulating the sound of heartbeats.

Children are ordinarily intrigued and delighted with dolls which emit familiar sounds simulative of human sounds.

which require winding or the manipulation of levers. Finally, the mechanism should, if possible, be entirely concealed to heighten the similarity to the human function being imitated.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a doll or similar toy with an internal mechanism capable of simulating human heartbeats.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a toy of the type stated in which the and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingsi p i Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a doll constructed in accordance with and embodying the present invention; i

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of a toy animal constructed in accordance with and embodying the present invention; i. i

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the heartbeat simulating mechanism forming a part of the present invention;`

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken along line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional line 5-5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the sounding board and associated components forming a part of the present invention;

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view of a modified form of heartbeat simulating mechanism constructed in acview taken along more detail and by reference characters to the drawmgs, which illustrate practical embodi ments of the present invention, A designates a doll having a conventional exterior appearance including body, arms, legs, head, hair, and clothing.

Lspring blade 13 is 1 may be stitched or otherwise secured upon the inside face of the dolls chest in a position approximately `in the region where the heart is located in a human chest.

Rigidly fixed in and projecting forwardly from therear wall or sounding board i into the interior of the box 1 just above the bottom wall 6` is a stud 11 and secured along a path in outwardly spaced parallel relation to the sounding board 7, as best seen in Figui-e5. i

Riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the spring blade 13 adjacent the lower endthereof just above the pin 11 and extending equidistantly outwardly on opposite sides are somewhat ilexible rocker-arms 15, 16, terminating above abutment members 17, 18, projecting perpendicularly outwardly from the `soundingboard 7. It will be noted by reference to Figure 4 that when the lrocker-arms 15, p bers 17, 18, respectively. Thus,rwhen the bob 14 rocks back and forth, the rocker-arms 15j, 16, will strike against the abutmentmembers 17, 18, alternately, causing the spring blade 13 to bend `somewhat andflip back with a form of spring-reaction which like response to each impulse. result in a tick-tock-sort of sound which 1s resonated in Figure 2.

sounding board 7', as shown in Figure 8, is an auxiliary sounding board 19 provided with an upwardly extending metal plate 20 bent over at its upper margin in the formation of a flange 21 having a slot 22. Rigidly mounted at its lower end on a stud 11 by means of a pin 12 a spring blade 13 having a bob 14 and lateral rockerarms 1S', 16', for impingement against abutment members 17', 18', all similar to comparable elements of the previously described embodiment. At its upper end the bob 14 is provided with a rod-like extension 23 which within a bifurcated arm or yoke 24 fixed upon and projecting radially from a conventional one-Way clutch barrel 25 operatively mounted on a vertically journaled shaft Patented Aug, 7,1956

will prolong `the pendulum` maybe similarly embodied in the a modified form of heartbeat.

f rigidly secured to the 26 'having a bevel gear 27 meshing with a companion bevel gear 28 journaled on a main shaft 29, which is, in turn, journaled in the plate 20. Wrapped concentrically around and pinned at its inner end to the main shaft 29, is a main spring 30, which is also pinned at its outer end to the bevel gear 28. Fixed concentrically upon the main shaft 29 is a spur gear 31 which meshes with a pinion 32 keyed to van idler shaft 33. Also keyed on the shaft 33 is an escapement-wheel 34 operatively engaging an anchor pallet 35 attached to a lever 35a which is notched at its end for operative engagement with a balance wheel disc 35b keyed upon a rock-shaft 36. Conventionally attached at its inner end to the rock-shaft 36 is a hair spring 36' which is fixed at its other end to the plate 20.

The shaft 36 is journaled in and extends through the plate 20 in upwardly spaced parallel relation to the auxiliary sounding board 19. Pinned or otherwise shaft 36 is a sleeve 37 integrally provided with arms 38, 38', projecting radially on opposite sides thereof and respectively having enlarged hammer-elements 39, 39', formed of dense rubber or other suitable material for producing the desired timbre of sound upon impact against the auxiliary sounding board 19.

When a doll or other similar toy, equipped with the modified form of mechanism just above described, is moved about, the bob 14 will oscillate to-and-fro and will transmit energy through the yoke 24 and the oneway clutch to the bevel gears 27, 28, and wind the spring 30. The spring, as it is wound, will, in turn, release the energy stored in it slowly through the escapement-wheel 34 and escapement pawl 35 with a resultant rocking movement imparted to the shaft 36 which will, in turn, bounce the hammer-elements 39, 39', up and down (against the auxiliary soundingy board 19. Thus, the energy stored in the spring 30 while the doll is being handled and moved about will cause the heartbeats to continue for a long time after the doll is put down.

It should be understood that changes and modifications in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the childrens toy may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A toy simulative of an animate creature, said toy having a body, a hollow container concealed within said body, said container having a resonant wall, a pendulum operatively secured within the container, a journal-pin, a first gear journaled on the pin, a main spring wrapped concentrically around the pin and secured thereto at its one end, said spring being secured at its other end to the first gear, a shaft, a gear pinned to the shaft and adapted to mesh with the first gear, a one-way clutch element operatively mounted on the shaft, a yoke rigidly carried what I claim and by and extending radially from the clutch element, means extending from the pendulum into the yoke for trans mtting the reciprocating movement of the pendulum to the yoke, a second gear rigidly mounted on the journal pin, a hair spring actuated escapement operatively connected to the second gear, and impact-hammers actuated by the escapement.

2. A toy simulative of an anim ate creature, said toy having a body with a torso-cavity wall, a hollow container having a resonant wall, said container being disposed entirely within the body, a fabric strip rigidly secured to and extending across the outer face of said resonant wall and projecting outwardly on either side thereof in the provision of tabs, said tabs being attached upon the inner face of the torso-cavity wall, a spring mounted at one end on the resonant wall, a weight attached to the other end of the spring and being free to oscillate in the nature of a pedulum, arms attached to the spring and extending laterally on opposite sides thereof, and abutment elements mounted on the resonant wall adjacent to the outer ends of the arms for receiving the impact of the arms as they are rocked responsive to oscillating movement of the spring, said abutment elements having contact faces of substantial area, said contact faces being positioned so as to be substantially parallel to the faces of the arms at moment of impact.

3. A toy simulative of an animate creature, said toy having a body with a hollow interior substantially enclosed by a body-forming wall, a hollow box having a flat wall of resonant material in the nature of a sounding board, said box being mounted wholly within the hollow interior of the body, a pendulum rockably mounted upon the sounding-board wall of the box and being free to bob back and forth as a result of motion imparted to the body when the latter is picked up and handled as the toy is being played with, arms attached to the pendulum and extending laterally outwardly on opposite sides thereof, and abutment elements mounted on the sounding-board wall adjacent to the outer ends of the arms for receiving the impact of the arms as they are rocked responsive to the oscillating movement of the pendulum, said abutment elements having contact faces of substantial area, said contact faces being positioned so as to be substantially parallel to the faces of the arms at moment of impact.

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